Ungone with Hannah Patterson

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Writer Hannah Patterson in conversation with Carl and Sophie about her fascinating new book, Ungone.

Ungone tells the story of a single decision —a deceptively simple thing — through which the fractured, multi-layered nature of identity and the self is both revealed and interrogated. Eve is attempting to come to terms with her ageing mother, who has dementia and lives in a care home, and employs Erin, a total stranger, to visit the home and pretend to be her. The act has profound consequences, as all three women begin a process of doing, undoing and redoing, with complicated and ultimately necessary truths revealed about each of their lives.

Organised with our friends at Rough Trade Books and the Real Magic Fiction Book Group